Shaojun riding the sea

Chapter 214 Master and Disciple Meet
These heroic words echoed in the cabin for a long time. Even Zhongli Sheng couldn't help but look at Princess Fengzhou several times, with the six words "good brother, loyal" written all over his face!
Shi Xuanling was also deeply touched. She raised her head and looked at Princess Fengzhou for a long time, but finally shook her head and said bitterly: "Princess Zhouzhou, you are so kind. Thank you, but there should be no such day again."

Her fingertips were slightly cool, and she gently stroked the boy's tightly closed brows on the bed, and said faintly: "I will say goodbye to him today, and from now on we will be strangers. We should be well and never see each other again. This is the best ending."

The sunset fell, the sea breeze rose, the song ended and the crowd dispersed, and this farewell journey finally came to an end.

Zhongli Sheng stood at the stern with Shi Xuanling, watching Princess Fengzhou's boat go away. The former Prince Yue also never returned and disappeared completely in the canyon.

"Regret it?"

Zhong Lisheng looked at the gorgeous wedding dress beside her, feeling mixed emotions. Shi Xuanling just shook her head, looked at the sea in the distance, and said calmly word by word:
"I was just thinking, Ah Yue once told me that as long as I shook the bell in my hand, no matter where he was, even if he was at the ends of the earth, he would hear my call and appear by my side at the first moment. But now, I sent him away with my own hands. Even if I shake the bell ten times, a hundred times, or a thousand times in the future, he will never come back. Even if he comes back, he will forget me completely and live like a completely different person. It was obviously me who planned all this with my own hands, and I told myself countless times in my heart in advance that only in this way can I keep him and let him live the rest of his life safely. But at this moment, I realized that the so-called letting go, the so-called not seeing or hearing, not moving or hurting, are actually... deceiving myself."

The fiery wedding dress was tinged with a layer of sadness and decadence. With her shoulders trembling, Shi Xuanling finally lowered her head and covered her face with her hands. Tears flowed silently from between her fingers: "I am indeed a bad girl. Not only did I deceive others, I even deceived myself..."

"You are a silly girl. Don't hold it in. If you want to cry, just cry it out. After all—"

Zhongli Sheng's throat moved, and he hesitated to speak. He slowly closed the black iron folding fan in his hand, and finally said with difficulty: "You will have to know another sad story next. You can't avoid shedding your tears. Do you understand?"

"Another sad story?"

Shi Xuanling raised his head and looked at the purple dress in the sea breeze. He clearly wanted to curl the corners of his lips and force a smile, but his eyes suddenly turned red. His smile was uglier than his tears, and the hand that was holding the folding fan began to tremble.

"What is it?"

Shi Xuanling's heart sank, and she suddenly had a bad premonition. She hurriedly asked, "What happened? Little Shark, what happened?"

Zhong Lisheng rubbed his red eyes, trying to act strong, but as his chest rose and fell, every word he uttered was so bitter and desperate——

"Xiao Lingling, my mother has been poisoned. She might...may be dying soon."

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The cold moon hangs high in the sky, and everything is silent. Only the sea breeze from Yunzhou Island keeps swirling and humming, hitting the hearts of those returning again and again.

When Shi Xuanling and Zhongli Sheng rushed to Qinglin Garden without stopping, it was already the middle of the night, but the lights were still on in Madam Wan's bedroom. It was obvious that Zhongli Sheng had already passed the news to Yuncheng. Madam Wan had no intention of sleeping and had been waiting in the bedroom for the "little disciple" she had been thinking about.

The palace door was pushed open, and several maids in white quietly left. Zhong Lisheng also closed the door for Shi Xuanling with red eyes, and whispered behind her: "Go, mother is waiting for you inside. She said she has something to say to you alone. She is now thin and poisoned. Her appearance has changed a lot. Don't be afraid when you see her, mother will be... sad."

Shi Xuanling's heart trembled, and she nodded while holding back her tears, then stepped into the hall step by step.

It was still the same high steps, still the same fluttering white veil, but now when she walked this way, she no longer felt the same as when she first came to see Madam Wan. The palace was quiet, Madam Wan sat behind the white veil, her long hair hanging down, her thin figure vaguely visible, as if she would fall down if the wind blew. Shi Xuanling's heart tightened, and when she held her breath and tremblingly lifted the white veil, she finally saw the familiar figure, and she couldn't help but burst into tears:

"Master, I'm here, Little Bell is here..."

Just as Zhong Li Sheng said, Madam Wan was poisoned to the bone and her appearance had changed horribly. Her once beautiful eyes were now deeply sunken and her lips were purple-brown. Her body was covered with shocking blood spots and even her once beautiful hair had withered and fallen off. It was hard to imagine how much torture and pain this body had endured!

For a moment, Shi Xuanling was heartbroken. She almost fell to her knees at Madam Wan's feet with a trembling sound, tears streaming down her face: "It's all my fault. I came too late. It's Xiao Lingling who came too late!"

The skinny hand slowly raised up and gently stroked Shi Xuanling's head. The voice that used to be clear and cold, like a fairy spring in the mountains, now became hoarse and strange, and extremely difficult:
"Xiao Lingling, Master's current appearance...isn't it extremely ugly and terrifying?"

Shi Xuanling was startled, raised her head, and burst into tears: "No, no, Master is still the same elegant and graceful appearance as before. It was the peerless beauty that struck me when I first saw you, and I will never forget it. Master, you have not changed at all. You will always be the most beautiful Madam Wan on Yunzhou Island..."

"I am not Madam Wan from the island. I am Lin Wan from the Qingli Mountains. I am the Wan Wan who follows my senior sister around and roams freely and unrestrainedly all over the mountains..."

Madam Wan helped Shi Xuanling up, pulled her to sit beside her, and looked at her beautiful and elegant features. As she looked at her, she smiled with tears in her eyes and said:
"You really don't look alike at all. Your appearance and temperament are completely different. I didn't expect that such a calm, reserved, and serious goddess would give birth to a girl as outgoing and lively as you. No wonder I never recognized you. You are actually my senior sister's child, the daughter of an old friend..."

As soon as these words were spoken, Shi Xuanling's eyes moved, but she did not show too much surprise. She was a smart person. As early as when she met Pei Shixi and his clansmen, she learned that her mother was the goddess who protected the tribe in the Qingli Mountains and the owner of the Splashing Star Bow. She had already vaguely guessed the origin of the relationship between her mother and Madam Wan.

"In fact, I brought two magic bows to Yunzhou Island, one is the Wanyue bow, and the other is the Qianxing bow. As you can see, they were originally a pair of sister bows. I use the Wanyue bow, and my good sister uses the Qianxing bow. We were inseparable, eating and living together, and practicing martial arts together. We had a very close relationship. When the two bows were fired at the same time, the power would be more than ten times stronger. It's a pity..."

When Madam Wan passed the Splashing Star Bow to her, she mentioned this "good sister" to her. Seeing Madam Wan sighing with regret, she wondered whether her old friend was no longer alive. Madam Wan said that she had been separated from her old friend for many years and she didn't know whether she was alive or dead, and she was left with endless longing for her old friend.

Later, the Chi Nu people attacked Yunzhou Island in large numbers. She and her master drew their bows together on the Chongming Tower to repel the enemy. When her master's internal energy was exhausted and she vomited blood, she was still thinking about this "good sister" of the past.

"I seem to have seen her again, my old friend, the owner of the Splashing Star Bow in your hand, the one I will always owe and will never be able to forget or let go of... that old friend, the old friend from the Qingli Mountains..."

Putting these fragments together, Shi Xuanling could easily guess everything. As expected, Madam Wan took her hand and said with tears in her eyes, "Your mother, is your mother's name... Fu Ying?"

"Goddess Fu Ying, the one who held the Star-Splashing Bow in the Qingli Mountains more than a decade ago, tamed beasts to drive away enemies, and protected her people... Goddess Fu Ying, right?"

Warm smoke curled in the hall, and the white veil fluttered slightly. Shi Xuanling looked at Madam Wan with tears in her eyes, and her heart was also agitated. She nodded: "Yes, Master, my mother is the real owner of the Splashing Star Bow. Fu Ying, if I am not mistaken, you were also like her, a goddess who protected the tribe in the Qingli Mountains, right?"

When her past identity was mentioned, Madam Wan's sunken eyes moved slightly, and her expression suddenly became sad, with every word she spoke carrying great sorrow -

"Yes, Fu Ying and I were from the same school, and we are both goddesses who protect our tribes. However, I left my hometown by mistake and came to the sea with Zhong Lixian, betraying my tribe. Now I have ended up like this, and it is all my own fault. I deserve it, and I cannot blame anyone else."